Imagine Offers Webinar in Honor of Children’s Grief Awareness Day

Two years ago, members of the staff at Imagine, A Center for Coping with Loss created a webinar on “How to Talk to Kids about Death and Dying”. They knew this was important and necessary content because they had received so many calls from community members requesting guidance in initiating these difficult conversations. Nonetheless, they were blown away by the hundreds of people from around the country who signed up for the webinar! It was obvious that this webinar was filling a void and providing much needed information for parents and caregivers.

With that in mind, this year they’re partnering with Somerset County’s Office of Youth Services to offer the webinar for free on Thursday, November 13th, in recognition of Children’s Grief Awareness Day. There will be two different time options so those interested in attending can choose the time that works best with their schedule. The webinar will be offered in the morning from 10-11:30 am and again in the evening from 7-8:30 pm.

Those attending the webinar will learn to:

• Understand why it’s important to talk to kids about death
• Create opportunities for children to build understanding
• Normalize conversations about death and grief ·
• Use concrete tools and language to guide these talks

To register for the free webinar and receive the link to join, please visit Imagine’s website at www.imaginenj.org/events.

This will be time dedicated to recognizing the unique needs of children who are grieving, and an opportunity to learn how to support them with compassion and honesty. The Imagine staff invite you to join them as they share this critical content for all those who care for children.

Imagine, A Center for Coping with Loss is a 501c3 that offers grief and loss education and training to the community and free year-round grief support groups for children ages 3-18 and young adults 19-30 who are coping with a loss due to death. Concurrently, support groups are available for the parents and guardians of the children in the groups and offered in English and Spanish. For more information, please contact Imagine at 908-264-3100 or info@imaginenj.org or visit our website at www.imaginenj.org.